In life we are blessed to gather friends from various places. One of my friends, The Pray Without Ceasing Friend, is one that I met years ago at a sorority weekend at the college of The Girl and Her Girl. Both of our girls were friends there and have remained so, and even closer still since Her Girl lives near us. I am pleased that both girls have children about the same age and keep a close weekly relationship, allowing the young children to be friends as well.
The Pray Without Ceasing Friend became named that in my blog because we have had conversations about prayer, many times needing the prayers of each other for various concerns in our life. She refers often to praying without ceasing. I have learned from her and I love her so much. In fact it was in the last week or so we had the prayer conversation yet again and she sent me a devotion that obviously the Lord sends at the appropriate times. In this devotion, it talks about praying without ceasing. It talks about praying while ones does their hair. It talks about praying in the car. It talks about praying EVERYWHERE. It talks about praying as soon as you hear a need--that way you don't forget.
I want to be like that. I REALLY want to be like that.
I have learned that when I talk to the Lord during the day, just as if He was right here so I could see Him, I become stronger and stronger. After all, HE IS HERE. I just can't see Him with my physical eyes but I can see Him with the eyes of my heart.
This morning the devotion in my inbox talked about "What If I Truly Believed?" (https://proverbs31.org/read/devotion). A couple of things the writer says (among so many things the writer says that hit me) is "if we don't believe God is able, we won't pray as if He is". She says if you believe he is able, "that's the magnificent place where hope begins to grow wild".
Oh...I LOVE that! Can you imagine praying without ceasing, believing he is able, and a hope that grows WILD?
I want that. Every. Single. Day. I WANT THAT.
I am so thankful that I have a heavenly Father who WILL provide that just because He loves me so. What a love!
Consider......
The Pray Without Ceasing Friend became named that in my blog because we have had conversations about prayer, many times needing the prayers of each other for various concerns in our life. She refers often to praying without ceasing. I have learned from her and I love her so much. In fact it was in the last week or so we had the prayer conversation yet again and she sent me a devotion that obviously the Lord sends at the appropriate times. In this devotion, it talks about praying without ceasing. It talks about praying while ones does their hair. It talks about praying in the car. It talks about praying EVERYWHERE. It talks about praying as soon as you hear a need--that way you don't forget.
I want to be like that. I REALLY want to be like that.
I have learned that when I talk to the Lord during the day, just as if He was right here so I could see Him, I become stronger and stronger. After all, HE IS HERE. I just can't see Him with my physical eyes but I can see Him with the eyes of my heart.
This morning the devotion in my inbox talked about "What If I Truly Believed?" (https://proverbs31.org/read/devotion). A couple of things the writer says (among so many things the writer says that hit me) is "if we don't believe God is able, we won't pray as if He is". She says if you believe he is able, "that's the magnificent place where hope begins to grow wild".
Oh...I LOVE that! Can you imagine praying without ceasing, believing he is able, and a hope that grows WILD?
I want that. Every. Single. Day. I WANT THAT.
I am so thankful that I have a heavenly Father who WILL provide that just because He loves me so. What a love!
Consider......
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